Illegal gold mining is widespread in South Africa, a one-time mining giant. Thousands routinely search for gold deposits in ...

When zama zamas go hungry deep underground in the abandoned mines where they illegally mine for gold, they sometimes resort ...

Police in the North West have retracted earlier claims that extortion attempts had hindered efforts to rescue illegal miners ...

Ten days since mining experts first visited the abandoned shaft, there’s no indication how much longer it will take to start ...

More than a week ago Police Minister Senzo Mchunu deployed a task team headed by local government to shut down an illegal ...

The Gauteng High Court dismissed the Society for the Protection of our Constitution's application for relief for illegal ...

He was was arrested in 2015 by the Serious Organised Crime Investigation based in North West. The case against a 47-year-old ...

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says now free of the “burden” of the Stilfontein legal case, authorities were hoping the ...

( MENAFN - IANS) Johannesburg, Nov 25 (IANS) The South African Police Service (SAPS) on Monday announced the arrest of 14 ...

More than 50 illegal miners have surfaced from the abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein since Friday. Some of them claim they ...

One body was resurfaced and the pathology process is under way to verify the nationality and the time of his death.’ ...

Twenty more illegal miners resurfaced in the Stilfontein mining area on Monday, increasing the number to 34 in the past 24 ...